Side Dish: Musing About Dinner

Local restaurants have updated their prix fixe deals and specials. Check out what this selection of Hamptons and North Fork restaurants are up to.

Fresh Hamptons in Bridgehampton is hosting family night dinner every Sunday from 4 p.m. to close. Dinner feeds two to four adults or two adults and two to three children. Menu may include a large house salad with mesclun greens and balsamic vinaigrette, choice of a whole pan-roasted Raleigh Farms organic chicken with fresh rosemary and pan gravy or one pound of Merlot barbeque braised all natural boneless beef short ribs with Pinot Noir sauce and three large sides of honey glazed local organic carrots, string beans sautéed with garlic, shallots and fennel and roasted garlic whipped potatoes. $59, plus tax and gratuity. 631-537-4700

Casa Basso in Westhampton is offering a special three-course prix fixe menu for $25 per person from Tuesday–Sunday and on Friday and Saturday until 6:30 p.m. Appetizers include baked clams, prosciutto and melon and zucchini fritte, while entrees include poached salmon with Grand Marnier, chicken franchaise and pasta primavera. The dessert menu offers a selection including Napoleon, vanilla or chocolate ice cream and rum cake. 631-288-1841

noah’s in Greenport is celebrating harvest season with Winemakers’ Sundays. The next one is October 13, at 6 p.m. and will feature a five-course wine pairing menu with wines from Shinn Estate Vineyards. Seating is limited; $75 per person, plus tax and gratuity. The menu features roasted lobster bisque, pan-roasted Montauk tilefish, local mushroom risotto, red wine braised lamb shank and eau de vie poached apple cobbler with fresh whipped cream and toasted almonds. 631-477-6720

The Coast Grill in Sag Harbor is offering a 3-course prix fixe $27 special all night on Thursday and Sunday, and before 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.Items may include Thai spice bouillabaisse with shrimp, lobster, clams, monkfish, in a lemongrass, red curry and coconut fume; roasted free range chicken; and NY steak with black truffle bordelaise, exotic mushrooms, and creamed local braising greens. 631-283-2277